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aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » January 31, 2007 9:41 pm

Who is the numbnut at Time Warner who put up those special lights throughout the city of Boston causing the whole city to practically shut down.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » January 31, 2007 9:48 pm

If there were any justice, he/she wouldn't have a job tomorrow.

mommar · Post by **mommar** » January 31, 2007 9:49 pm

They've been there for 2 - 3 weeks

And in 10 other cities too

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » January 31, 2007 9:53 pm

That's what I think about people complaining about traffic.

Of course it is also why I left Atlanta.

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » January 31, 2007 10:02 pm

Wino you know wrote:If there were any justice, he/she wouldn't have a job tomorrow.

The police has arrested the guy who placed it there.

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » January 31, 2007 10:27 pm

aeroparrot wrote:Who is the numbnut at Time Warner who put up those special lights throughout the city of Boston causing the whole city to practically shut down.

cnn.com wrote:Peter Berdovsky, 27, a freelance video artist from Arlington, Massachusetts

Congratulations, you're famous.

PackPhanGirl · Post by **PackPhanGirl** » January 31, 2007 10:39 pm

I thought I just read where it was an advertising plan gone wrong for the Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting....I would say it indeed was a bad idea!

PackPhanGirl · Post by **PackPhanGirl** » January 31, 2007 10:40 pm

Arrest Made After 'Suspicious Packages' Paralyzed Boston as Part of Cartoon Network Marketing Campaign...

yep...just read it again on foxnews.com....again, bad idea

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » February 1, 2007 7:00 am

I think the companies who thought of this should be sued for this.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » February 1, 2007 8:14 am

aeroparrot wrote:I think the companies who thought of this should be sued for this.

Don't think they won't be.

I'm sure at least 100 people in this sue-happy society have already filed lawsuits demanding they be paid $1 million or more because this made them late for work...

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » February 1, 2007 9:19 am

PackPhanGirl wrote:I thought I just read where it was an advertising plan gone wrong for the Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting....I would say it indeed was a bad idea!

I would disagree. Look at how much publicity has been generated across the country simply by a traffic jam in one city.

To an economic/marketing person, this was a better outcome than the original idea of just marketing in those 13 cities.

Time Warner can look all high and mighty by distancing themselves from the advertising company all the while reaping the benefits of the media coverage.

BRILLIANT!

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » February 1, 2007 11:00 am

I think people are just a little too jumpy. If terrorists are going to plant bombs, or whatever, they will disguise them to look like they belong.

They won't put big flashing lights on them.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » February 1, 2007 11:08 am

SharkOnLand wrote:I think people are just a little too jumpy. If terrorists are going to plant bombs, or whatever, they will disguise them to look like they belong.

They won't put big flashing lights on them.

Exactly. These guys are being demonized for engaging in nothing more than a clever advertising campaign. Can you imagine if Orson Wells made his War of the Worlds broadcast now? He'd be burned at the stake.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 1, 2007 11:16 am

Who can I sue for making it so I can't think of anything good for which to sue someone?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » February 1, 2007 11:20 am

buffettbride wrote:Who can I sue for making it so I can't think of anything good for which to sue someone?

The public school system, for sucking your creativity well dry.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 1, 2007 11:23 am

SharkOnLand wrote:
buffettbride wrote:Who can I sue for making it so I can't think of anything good for which to sue someone?
The public school system, for sucking your creativity well dry.

Excellent!!! With that line of thinking, I can also sue every employer I've had since I was 18 and my parents! WOOHOO!! I'm gonna be rich!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » February 1, 2007 10:04 pm

Yeah, I can see how this scary thing could "shut down" a city.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1739454

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » February 1, 2007 10:30 pm

CaptainP wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:I think the companies who thought of this should be sued for this.
Don't think they won't be.

I'm sure at least 100 people in this sue-happy society have already filed lawsuits demanding they be paid $1 million or more because this made them late for work...

Don't think so either but the company responsible for this should at least pay for part of the emergency response.

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » February 1, 2007 11:18 pm

lions and tigers and . . . signs . . . oh my!

spendingmoney · Post by **spendingmoney** » February 1, 2007 11:33 pm

Are the authorities sure it wasn't Dynamo from The Running Man

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